Compilation Of World War II Footage 1941-1945 (Tape 3 of 3)
- National Archives of Singapore Fonds
Fonds/Collection
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Footage Farm
Source
- 1941-1945
Record Date
- 00:25:18
Recorded Duration
- English
Recording Language
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2005004597
Accession No.
- Audiovisual
Type
- Digital Betacam
Format
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Access permitted
Conditions Governing Access
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Use and reproduction require written permission from NAS. Processing of request may require 7 working days.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
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Synopsis :(00:01:39-00:13:26)
Background of The Wakefield's transformation from a luxury liner to a war ship. 29 Jan 1942 Singapore harbour scenes. The Wakefield unloading troops is bombed by Japanese planes in Singapore, B-deck damage caused. Coffins of five dead. Deportment of defeated Nazi troops.
(00:13:43-00:22:40)
Enemy Japan, The Dream of Empire -- Part Two
Map of Philippines Street scenes - high angle shot of traffic, billboards, lumber & train of logs. Hemp drying, mining chromite & loading onto ship. Malaya & rubber tapping & drying. Tin mining Malaya. Loading US ship in Singapore docks ; dry docks with British Naval ship. Dutch East Indies / Java and Sumatra oil drilling, storage, peeling bark & making drugs for malaria. Dutch naval bases. Australia & resources - street scenes and industry. Sheep farming and shearing. Docks - ships loaded. March 1941 Jap foreign minister welcomed to Berlin. Japanese flags flying from Brandenburg Gate - motorcade. Met by Goering, Hitler & other VIPS. Group after meeting on balcony. French turning over bases to Japan in Indochina. Ships unloaded, troops advance into Indo-China; Road marker re Hanoi, 170 km. Japan at Thailand border. October 1941 General Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister. Cabinet poses. Kenoye removed. Japanese Navy & ships, planes over. Bombing of Pearl Harbor & ships burning.
(00:23:13-00:24:24)
Surrender At Singapore
British enter Singapore and cheered by civilians. Skeletal POWs walk past huts; get medical examination; leap on soldier distributing cigarettes; run and cheer. Surrender ceremony . General Idegaki? signs. Mountbatten signs. Crowd outside. Japanese out and past crowd of Singaporeans.
(00:24:50-00:26:52)
Battleground Of The Pacific, The - A Camera Survey Of The War In The Far East
Filipino troops marching. CU MacArthur without sunglasses. Filipino troops firing gun.
Aerial view Britain's naval base in Singapore. British ? planes in formation. Plane drops torpedo? Firing antiaircraft guns. Tanks; jeeps. Aerial Hong Kong; firing antiaircraft guns. Dutch East Indies pilots take off and fly in formation. Dutch East Indian Navy - fleet firing guns.
